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Medieval Engineers
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Medieval Engineers is one of the most underrated physics‑building sandboxes on Steam. Even unfinished, it nails things most games don’t even attempt — real structural integrity, siege mechanics, terrain shaping, and that classic Keen engineering feel. Playing it today still…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“I've had some fun with it. Unfortunately the physics system is bugged to hell and when something "breaks" you have to rebuild everything attached to that piece. Load stress is the number one factor to the physics breaking objects that shouldn't be broken. It would be alright if…”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“Don't buy, abandoned. Game had such character and potential. Keen did make the source code public and there is a community branch/build of the game with updates and mod support and there are a few community servers; but not really worth it.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Medieval Engineers Community Edition - Version 0.7.4
Medieval Engineers: Community Edition Update 0.7.4 has been released! The update contains bug fixes, server and inventory improvements, and better modding support. You can find the full changelog here
Medieval Engineers: Community Edition - Update 0.7.3, Hotfix 1
Medieval Engineers: Community Edition Update 0.7.3, hotfix 1 has been released! The update contains bug fixes, server and inventory improvements, and better modding support. You can find the full chan
Medieval Engineers: Community Edition
Almost exactly two years ago (March 17, 2020), Medieval Engineers left early access and Keen Software House announced the decision to end the development of Medieval Engineers and release the game out
Medieval Engineers “Community Edition” Live Stream
The time has come.🥳 Medieval Engineers “Community Edition” Live Stream!🤓 Thursday, April 7th, 5 - pm UTC 🛰️Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/keencommunitynetwork 🛰️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel
Update & Leaving Early Access
Hello, Engineers! Today’s post is about the status of Medieval Engineers. Coming back to where it all began , Medieval Engineers was our fourth project. We kicked it off at the beginning of 2014 and w
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Building · Sandbox · Medieval · Physics · Open World · Destruction · Multiplayer · Simulation · Crafting · Survival · Strategy · Early Access (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English, German |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.medievalengineers.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit Processor: Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX® compatible on-board Additional Notes: .NET 4.7.2